Xichuan, Hetaoyuan formation, Ligongqiao basin: Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
Chungchienia sichuanensis
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Sciuravus sp. Marsh 1871
Mammalia
Miacis aff. invictus Matthew and Granger 1925
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Colodon sp. Marsh 1890
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophialetidae
Lophialetes cf. minutus
? Lophialetes sp. Matthew and Granger 1925
Mammalia - Insectivora - Tupaiidae
Eodendrogale parvum n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1988
Tong 1988 3 specimens
IVPP V8500 - type
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Sinohadrianus sichuanensis n. gen., n. sp. Ping 1929
Ping 1929
Reptilia - Agamidae
Brevidensilacerta xichuanensis n. gen., n. sp. Li 1991
Li 1991 15 specimens
IVPP V 9587.1 (holotype), incomplete right lower jaw; V 9587.2, incomplete right maxilla; V 9587.3, premaxilla; 9587.4—.6, three incomplete left maxillae; V 9587.7,.8, two incomplete right maxillae; V 9587.9,.10, two premaxillae; V 9587.11, incomplete left lower jaw; V 9587.12—.15, four broken jaw bones
Tinosaurus cf. lushihensis Dong 1965
Li 1991 1 specimen
IVPP V 9588, broken jaw bone
Reptilia - Changjiangosauridae
Creberidentat henanensis n. gen., n. sp. Li 1991
Li 1991 9 specimens
IVPP V 9589.1 (holotype), left maxilla; V 9589.2, incomplete right ramus of lower jaw; V 9589.3,.4, two left maxillae; V 9589.5-.8, four incomplete right mandibles; V 9589.9, posterior portion of left mandible
Reptilia
Pristichampsus aff. rollinati (Gray 1831)
nomen dubium belonging to Eusuchia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Li 1991
Various specimens of ziphodont, compressed, and "normal" crocodilian teeth
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Henan
Coordinates: 33.3° North, 111.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.0° North, 107.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene
Key time interval:Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene
Age range of interval:37.71000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Hetaoyuan
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Late Eocene
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,white lithified marl
Secondary lithology:red sandy siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Geology comments: Ligongqiao basin, also called Xichuan basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:46197
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Barrett, M. Uhen Enterer:S. Kuemmell, T. Cleary, M. Uhen
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-01-07 09:03:02 Last modified:2022-02-01 08:32:40
Access level:the public Released:2005-01-07 09:03:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11241. M. Chow, C.h. Li, and Y. Chang. 1973. Late Eocene mammalian faunas of Honan and Shansi with notes on some vertebrate fossils collected therefrom. Vertebrata PalAsiatica (Gujizhui dongwu yu gurenlei) 11(2):165-181 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]

Secondary references:

59637 J. Li. 1991. Fossil reptiles from Hetaoyuan Formation, Xichuan, Henan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 29(3):190-203 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary/T. Cleary]
59291 C. Ping. 1929. A new fossil land turtle form Honan. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 8(1):231-243 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
41390 Y. Tong. 1988. Fossil tree shrews from the Eocene Hetaoyuan Formation of Xichuan, Henan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 26(3):214-220 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Mannion]